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NewsJuly 30, 2010

EPA Denies Petitions Challenging Endangerment Finding

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is standing by its claim that greenhouse gases threaten the public health and welfare of the American people and that emissions from on-road vehicles contribute to that threat

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NewsJuly 29, 2010

Senator Submits Amendment to Extend Biodiesel Tax Credit

Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) submitted a proposal Wednesday to amend H.R. 5297, or the Small Business Jobs and Credit Act of 2010, by retroactively extending the biodiesel tax credit

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NewsJuly 29, 2010

OOIDA Files Suit Over California's Ammunition Shipping Restriction

The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association has filed a joint lawsuit with The Calguns Foundation, the National Rifle Association, the Folsom Shooting Club and two individual truckers, to challenge California's ban on interstate shipment of handgun ammunition to the state

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NewsJuly 29, 2010

Illinois Restores Truck Access Provision For Length

Effective immediately, trucks in Illinois up to 65 feet in length can access local roads to points of delivery or for food, fuel, rest and repai

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NewsJuly 28, 2010

CARB May Ease TRU Emission Standards For 2003 Engines

The California Air Resources Board may ease emission standards for model-year 2003 transport refrigeration units, set to take effect Dec. 31, 2010

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NewsJuly 28, 2010

ATRI Updates Idling Regulations Compendium

The American Transportation Research Institute has released an updated version of its listing of state and local idling regulations, which can be accessed as a cab card or on the We

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NewsJuly 27, 2010

New Study Links Skin Cancers on Left Side to Driving

Nearly 53 percent of skin cancers in the U.S. occur on the left side of the body, or the driver's side, according to a recent study from the St. Louis University Medical School

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NewsJuly 27, 2010

ATA Voices Concern Over 'Shoot the Gap' Volkswagen Commercial

The American Trucking Associations sent a letter to Volkswagen voicing concern over its new television commercial "Shoot the Gap," which portrays a passenger car driver passing a tractor-trailer on the right side and pulling into a small gap between the two tractor-trailers

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NewsJuly 27, 2010

LCFS Will Impact Truck Operability, Fuel Prices, ATA Says

A low carbon fuel standard (LCFS) will not reduce carbon emissions, but will increase the price of diesel fuel, adversely impact truck operability and erode U.S. energy security, said Bill Graves, president and CEO of the American Trucking Associations, in a letter sent to Senators

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NewsJuly 26, 2010

ATA Says New Freight Bill Would Short-Shrift Highways

The American Trucking Associations has announced its opposition to the FREIGHT Act of 2010, the new Senate legislation that would set a national freight transportation policy

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